Gene Wilder Quotes
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I have dedicated my life to the 200m, I really love the 200m a lot.
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Eating local is a relatively new concept in American dining; for the Italians, it's a way of life.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.
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While others prayed for the good time coming, I worked for it.
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The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that right in law.
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Any good writer is going to be well-received and is going to not be well-received; that's how you know you're a great writer.
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Julia Child wasn't afraid to have fun. She made fantastic food but knew how to have a good time and not be too stuck up about the kitchen space.
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After I directed, when I went back to being an actor, I was like, 'God, this is the life!' Because you only have to concentrate on one thing.
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I'm a big believer in living life as an extended working vacation.
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You know you're going to have a good day when your morning begins with breakfast in the same room as Carrie Tiffany, David Vann and Lionel Shriver.
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Be who you are. It's easy to feel like you have to blend in, but it takes courage to live your life with conviction and embrace the person that you are.
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Raising kids is part joy and part guerrilla warfare.
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Character is supreme in life, hence Jesus stood supreme in the supreme thing - so supreme that, when we think of the ideal, we do not add virtue to virtue, but think of Jesus Christ, so that the standard of human life is no longer a code but a character.
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I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop until I feel like I've made it. I'm never satisfied.
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My agent said, 'You aren't good enough for movies.' I said, 'You're fired.'
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'The Wire' really drew on a lot of real-life situations and real-life organizations - it created fiction to make a social statement about reality.
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I've been very blessed in my personal life and in my career and I have never been ungrateful for what I have.
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I got to be more careful and more focused with my surroundings, because everybody wants to reach out to me, and I don't know if it's good or bad.
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We've [me and brother] been playing hockey for a long time, since we were little kids. I started playing hockey at two and a half. Obviously, playing hockey we want to be known as good hockey players and hard working guys that earn everything they get.
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Henry Fonda gave me a spanking during a scene in Spencer's Mountain.
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Poverty is the fundamental cause of most of the physical, moral and economic ills of humanity.
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I was trained by Method acting teachers and we were taught that aside from whatever gift you may or may not have or the level of that gift, that you were obliged to know how to build a table. It's a craft. It's like being a ballerina or a violinist.
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I've had a very good life and a very good career. I have no regrets.
